Sai Baba Gita - Aspire for the Supreme and Never Come Back

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Aspire for the Supreme and Never Come Back

An inveterate thief was caught in the act of stealing and was put into prison.

It was decreed in court that he be imprisoned for six months. The six month

period soon passed and the day arrived when he was to be released. The jailer

came and told the thief, "Well, by tomorrow evening your term will be completed

and you will have served your punishment. You can make your preparations to go.

Collect all the personal possessions that we are holding for you, and be ready

to leave." The thief was not overly happy to hear this, but he was not unhappy

either. He was just indifferent, for he knew what was to happen. "Let the

articles remain here," he said.

The jailer asked him, "Why, don't you want to take these things with you?" The

thief replied, "There is no point in taking them with me. In a day or two I

will be back. Soon enough, you will see me again in this same jail. Since it

will be just a few days, why should I bother with them?" So, this thief knew

that he was going to indulge in stealing again, that he would be caught and

punished again and, undoubtedly, he would land right back in this same prison.

In the same way, your actions may be compared to this coming and going of the

thief. You perform actions in your life here on earth. In time, you are

motivated to make all your actions good actions and they produce good results.

Afterwards you go to heaven. When your term there has expired you come back

again to earth. Krishna said, "This process of going up and coming down is not

good." At this point, Krishna gave Arjuna the sacred teachings. He directed

Arjuna to seek out the place of eternal truth and abide there. Once you are

established in that permanent place, abiding in your immortal self, actions can

no longer bind you. Then there will be no need to ever come back again, for you

will be established in the permanent bliss of the atma. Compared with this

exalted state, earthly and heavenly joys are like mere atoms in the infinite

universe.

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